A geologically constrained Monte Carlo approach to modeling exposure ages from profiles of cosmogenic nuclides: An example from Lees Ferry, Arizona

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Hidy, Alan J ^a   Gosse, John C ^a   Pederson, Joel L ^b   Mattern, Jann Paul ^a   Finkel, Robert C ^c,d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

active tectonics; alluvial fan; desert pavement; Grand Canyon; TCN

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PAVEMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; TECTONICS;

ACTIVE TECTONICS; ALLUVIAL FAN; DESERT PAVEMENT; GRAND CANYONS; TCN;

LANDFORMS;

ACTIVE FAULT; ALLUVIAL FAN; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; EROSION RATE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; TERRACE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON; LEES FERRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956507285     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003084     Document Type: Article

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